[LIST] 5 Pretty Korean Male Stars with Taemin

The fresh-faced popster Taemin has gotten the public‘s vote
for his dainty looks.

He came out tops in a poll of “Male Idols Prettier Than
Women” in a March episode of Super Idol Chart Show, a variety show on Korean TV
channel MNet. He beat the likes of BigBang’s G-Dragon (ranked third) and Super
Junior‘s Kim Hee-chul (ranked fourth).

It is not hard to see why Taemin is the champion of the
pretty boys with his innocent doe-like eyes and kissable pouty lips.

In fact, he once candidly revealed on a Korean radio show
that he was often mistaken for a girl when he was young.

The lad still plays the lass (a performance act not uncommon
in K-pop): He has appeared as a guileless schoolgirl and a hot blonde babe on
variety shows and at concerts.

Lately, it looks like the flower boy is going for a
“manlier” image. In singer BoA’s 2013 music video Disturbance, he sports a
shorter hairdo as the brooding leading man.

As far as relationships go, he paired up last year with girl
group APink‘s Son Na-eun -- but that was for celebrity virtual marriage show
‘We Got Married.’

It is not known whether he has a paramour in real life.

Jang Geun-suk, 26,
actor-singer

Popular Korean actor Jang Geun Suk nearly gave his legions
of fans a heart attack when he uploaded a photo of his “girlfriend” on his
Twitter account two years ago.

The Twitter post was accompanied by a photo of a
bow-wearing, feminine-looking person with one manicured finger placed on
pouting lips. It turned out that the “girlfriend” was himself in drag.

Nicknamed Asia Prince, for his overwhelming popularity in
Asia, Jang’s official Twitter and Weibo feeds are chock-full of expertly taken,
dreamy-looking selfies.

For the longest time, netizens have left comments discussing
the femininity of the breakout star of hit drama You‘re Beautiful (2009).

One netizen even questioned if Jang was transforming into a
girl.

Never mind that he has been romantically linked to his
You’re Beautiful co-star, Park Shin-hye.

This pretty boy with signature flowy locks has further
fanned the speculation by sporting hairstyles from punky pony tails to wavy
tresses.

Last year, however, the beautiful man said he got a haircut
after four years of keeping his hair long for his new drama that ended its run
in Korea earlier this year.

Some things never change, however. The title of the drama?
Pretty Man.

G-Dragon, (Kwon
Ji-young), 25, leader of boyband BigBang

The self-deprecating fashion chameleon has no qualms milking
his girly charms.

He turned up in drag in his music video Crayon, complete
with flowing blonde tresses.

What is more, the fearless fashionista makes women green
with envy with his knack for fashion, extensive wardrobe and invitations to
exclusive Paris Fashion week shows.

Even G-Dragon‘s boss Yang Hyun-suk has expressed his
amazement at his protege’s dedication to fashion.

Yang, the chief executive of YG Entertainment, said in an
article published on the company‘s website last year: “G-Dragon is known for
his amazing fashion sense.

”But that is not only on stage. For the last 10 years, he
has never worn the same outfit to the office.“

Need more proof?

G-Dragon pulled off siren red lipstick with such finesse in
a South Korean cosmetics advertisements last year, he would make you blush.

Recently, there has been speculation that he has broken up
with rumoured girlfriend, Japanese-American model-actress Kiko Mizuhara, 23.

Kim Hee-chul, 30,
member of boyband Super Junior

Oozing with confidence, Heechul once unabashedly declared
that he looks like a doll.

He has no qualms putting his androgynous looks to good use
-- entertaining with his uncanny ability to impersonate women.

The versatile entertainer has transformed into female stars
such as Lady Gaga (donning a blonde wig mimicking her famed bow hairdo) and
Jessica from K-pop girl band Girls’ Generation (acting coy and showing off his
slender figure in a red cheongsam).

No wonder Heechul emerged the champion in a Top 10
Cross-Dressing Idols poll done by MTV K in 2011.

Coming in second on the charts were the Shinee boys, and
BigBang‘s G-Dragon placed third.

Even Heechul’s ”wife“ has admitted in interviews that he is
far from her ideal mate, whom she prefers to be more masculine.

Taiwanese singer Puff Kuo is his on-screen ”wife“ for his
ongoing stint on virtual celebrity marriage reality show We Got Married Global
Edition.

Airing on cable here, the show depicts celebrities going
through the dating ritual, from awkward first dates to tear-jerking break-ups
and a temporary ”marriage“ that lasts for a stipulated time.

Kuo, of girl group Dream Girls, has since been blown away by
her hubby‘s gentlemanly behaviour, like when he offered her his coat when she
felt cold.

Lee Jong-suk, 24,
actor

Rising actor Lee Jong-suk has enviable delicate features and
a petite face.

Then, there is his fair complexion that some girls can only
dream of attaining, even if they slap on sunscreen and whitening products.

Towering at 1.86m tall, he started his career strutting the
catwalk. He switched to acting in 2010, starring in bit parts in dramas such as
Prosecutor Princess and Secret Garden.

Though detractors have dissed Lee online as a tad too
womanly for their liking, the criticism has not dampened his fans’ love for
him.

He starred as a mind-reading student with a mission to
protect his benefactor in popular drama I Hear Your Voice (2013) and went on to
leading man roles on the big screen - as an aloof competitive swimmer in the
film No Breathing (2013) and as a cowardly Casanova in Hot Young Bloods (2014).

His good friend, actor Kim Woo Bin, dished in an interview
last year that Lee loves to talk about marriage - even though he does not have
a girlfriend.

Hopeful fans everywhere rejoiced earlier this year, when Lee
said that he was not dating anyone.